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QDear 100 Hour Board, When I was little (mid-80s, in Utah and Wyoming), my sisters and I had frequent middle ear infections. Our doctor prescribed us amoxycillin, which was pink and tasted like bubble gum. My four sisters concur that the flavor was bubble gum. However, when my wife took amoxycillin (early 90s, in Texas), she insists that it tasted like strawberry. And her brother and three sisters agree. So are/were there multiple flavors? If so, why did my family get bubble gum flavor while hers got strawberry? If not, who's family remembers wrong? And for fun, what do you remember amoxycillin tasting like? —Damasta ADear Damasta, From all the searching and seeking I've done, I've concluded that everyone was most likely correct in what they remember. Bubble gum appears to have been the most common flavor of amoxicillin (formerly spelled amoxycillin), but strawberry, banana, cherry and peppermint flavors all exist as well. There might be more, but these five are definitely the most common. The flavor you have depends on the brand and size of the dosage. My educated guess is that your family happened to have the bubble-gum-flavored kind and your wife's family happened to have the strawberry-flavored kind. Bubble gum used to be by far the most popular flavor, so it's no surprise that's what your family used to keep on hand. And I'm pretty sure I remember a cherry-flavored something when I was younger. -Sky Bones ANamaste Damasta, I had many, many ear infections as a child, and I distinctly remember bubble gum, strawberry, and banana flavors in the liquid form. When I had to take it in pill form, I remember bubble gum and what I think was supposed to be wintergreen but tasted like Pepto-Bismol. I took a LOT of amoxicillin as a kid... Dr. Smeed Back |
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